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Terrell ISD students and staff members marked the 100th day of the 2021-’22 school year by working on special projects and dressing up as centenarians. Students and staffers showed their creativity with several coloring their hair, drawing on wrinkles, wearing suspenders or walking with canes and walkers. Courtesy photos

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar joined other unclaimed property administrators to celebrate the second annual national Unclaimed Property Day Feb. 1.

Leadership Kaufman County is a comprehensive training program designed to build community leaders by promoting community awareness, initiating personal and professional growth, and fostering civic involvement.

The Kaufman County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with Carter BloodCare to host a blood drive event Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m. at the Courthouse Annex Building in Kaufman (100 N. Washington St.).

Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from January 19 to January 26: Arrests: Mark Layfette Johnson, 53, Terrell, burglary of a building Sheri Ann Shaddix, 61, Terrell, burglary of a building Juan Manuel Moyeda, 26, Kaufman, no drivers license, speeding 21-30, failure to maintain financial responsibility Chloe Jessica Sheppard, 32, Terrell, silent abusive call/electronic comm to 911 service Aaron Felix Baltazar Gonzalez, 21, Kaufman, no drivers license, affix unauthorized sunscreening device to motor vehicle, no drivers license Lisa Marie Brown, 34, Terrell, failure to maintain financial responsibility, speeding, no insurance, expired registration, no seat belt, no animal vaccination Carmen Herandez, 50, Terrell, aggravated assault date/family/household with weapon. Incidents: City Ordinance Violation: Jan.

Terrell High School has earned the College Board AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science A. Schools honored with the AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award have expanded girls’ access in AP computer science courses.

Weather permitting, The Texas Department of Transportation will temporarily close one lane on State Highway 34 at Kings Creek Drive through the spring of 2022, as work begins to add a left turn lane at this intersection.

Ahmad Rhodes, a member of Terrell FFA, caught a calf during the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble Jan. 21, earning a $500 purchase certificate for a show heifer and the chance for up to $16,000 in scholarship awards.

The City of Terrell picked up where it left off to open the new year, seeing another increase in its sales tax revenue growth, according to the office of Texas State Comptroller Glenn Hegar. According to data released earlier this month, Terrell received a payment of $1,423,066.16 in January 2022.

The Terrell Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance this week after an as yet unidentified subject committed a burglary at a downtown business Jan. 12.